Community offers ‘win-win’ proposal to save forests
Members of the Sengwer community, who live in Embobut Forest, Elgeyo-Marakwet County, march through Nairobi streets in protest against their evictions.
Communities living in forests and environmental activists want a change in the conservation strategy.
The indigenous communities want to be involved in conservation plans. They have called for community forests to be established through the Community Land Act as a sustainable and cheaper way to rehabilitate the forests.
